Wednesday, July 14, 2010

King Khan & the Shrines

About: King Khan & the
Shrines

Imagine Roky Erickson backed by
the Sun Ra Arkestra or Wilson Pickett and The Velvet Underground, or picture
the love child of Anubis and Kali. King Khan & The Shrines is more than a
psychedelic soul band with a spectacle of a stage show. They are a cult musical
phenomenon with more than 10 years of international touring, multiple studio
records and a fan base of fervent punk, soul, free jazz and garage rock heads.

King Khan, the spiritual guru and
front man, cobbled together a fierce line-up of musicians while in Berlin in
between reading Tarot cards and raising a family. What he ended up with in 1999
is one of the most entertaining groups the world has seen and heard since the days
of Ike & Tina. The line-up includes Chicago-born, Ron Streeter (veteran
percussionist for Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder), a horn section consisting of
trumpeter Simon Wojan (member of Kranky Records recording artists Cloudland
Canyon), tenor sax man Torben Wesche (Germany’s John Coltrane), and famous
French rockabilly baritone saxophonist Frederic Brissaud. The rhythm section of
the Sensational Shrines has been called a German/French version of the Freak
Brothers – Till Timm on guitar, organist Frederic Bourdil, Jens Redemann on
bass and drummer Mirko Wenzl.

Their first album Three Hairs
& You’re Mine was produced by Liam Watson, recorded in the legendary Toe
Rag Studios in London and released in 2002. A second full-length, Mr.
Supernatural, followed in 2004. King Khan & The Shrines soon became an
all-star international movement. Numerous gigs followed all across Europe with
The Black Lips, Enon, Demolition Doll Rods, Mr. Quintron and Ms. Pussycat, an
after-party for 50 Cent in Norway. They headlined Toronto’s NXNE festival 2006
playing three nights in a row and even had a member of the Sun Ra Arkestra join
their brass section.

In 2007, King Khan made the
soundtrack and film score for Schwarze Schafe, a major motion picture in
Germany. The soundtrack included music from The Black Lips, The Spits, Gris
Gris, Quintron and other greats. They also had a song placed in the movie
Chiko, produced by Academy Award Winner Fatih Akin.

King Khan then released What
Is?!, receiving critical acclaim from all over the world. It landed at #33 on
Pitchfork’s Top Albums of 2007, while their track “Welfare Bread” landed at #66
on Pitchfork’s Top 100 Songs of 2007.

Their greatest hits, aptly titled
The Supreme Genius of King Khan & The Shrines, came out in 2008 and for the
first time their music was widely available in the U.S. The entire
psychedelic-soul big band then graced stages for the first time in North
America, leaving behind them a colorful spell of amazement and wonder.

In the years since, King Khan
& The Shrines have added several notable festivals to their resume,
including Coachella, Sasquatch, Pitchfork, South By Southwest and Sudoste.
Their music has also been heard in popular TV programs (NBC’s Chuck, HBO’s
Entourage, HBO’s Eastbound & Down), TV commercials (V8 juice, Mother Energy
Drink), and video games (Saints Row).

They kicked off 2012 on a high
note as they headlined the Bruise Cruise Festival and have just released “Bite
My Tongue,” a sweat-drenched, ass shaking, groovy psyched out number, complete
with rip roaring horn lines, southern fried guitar riffs and lysergic melodies.

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